Dally in the Dark

Sunday 10th September 2006

Dally in the Dark

Went to watch "Dally in the Dark" last night at the Islamabad Club, a
play by Shah Sharabeel who has also done a number of other plays
recently, like Moulin Rouge, You Only Marry Twice etc. (none of which I
got to see). I gathered from Dee that it wasn't the best or the funniest
of his plays, but I still enjoyed it.

The play used a concept of reverse lighting, i.e. we saw everything
during blackouts within the storyline, while it went pitch black for us
when there was light. Though we were told to switch off our cell phones
and any light sources to get the full effect of the darkness, the
irritating little girl next to me was wearing a glow in the dark
wristband which spoiled the "total darkness" for me.

The accents of the characters interested me a lot. Most of them were
quite accurate imitations of snobbish, posh English, but one of the
characters' attempt at a German/Russian accent didn't go too well. The
hot maid, a.k.a Clea (damn, she was hot), kept switching between what
seemed to be Jamaican and Indian accents as well as a third which I
couldn't recognize.

On the whole it was nice. I may go and watch it again and will
definitely try to catch the next one.

11:07am

On 11th September 2006, at 10:58am PKT, Zaeem said:

you mean you were there last night?? damn..why didnt I spot you.. I was there too. :). Clea was definitely hot. Above all, the professionalism of all these young ppl was definitively impressive.

On 13th December 2006, at 22:13pm PKT, Faisal said:

Can u guys tell me the song's name and the singer who sang the song which plays at the end of the play...when everyone is dancing on it.